I am going to spew here. I don't think too many people read this blog and I try very hard to keep my politics/personal views off of Facebook. However a couple of things are on my mind and I feel strongly that I need to express my opinion....even if no one ever reads it.
1. Chik-Fil-A and Jim Henson Productions. Seriously. This really bothers me. People are entitled to their own opinions and beliefs. As a consumer, as long as I get what I'm paying for, I don't care if the movie I'm seeing was created by a gay man, a gay woman, a straight person, or what color they are. As long as they don't try to cram their beliefs down my throat, I DON'T care. I don't think that stating my opinion or beliefs means that I can't fulfill my professional obligations. That chain has not discriminated against anyone working at their store, anyone who has come to be served, nor do they try to cram their beliefs down anyones throats that are in their restaurants. Scripture is not posted on the walls, no one says God Bless, and they are hospitable to whomever enters their restaurant. So I don't care what their CEO believes. I care that he gives me a yummy chicken sandwich. As I stated above, I don't care if Kermit is gay, straight, green, or a frog. If I've payed to see the Muppets Take Manhattan, then I want to see the movie.
I feel a little better.
2. The Aurora shootings. How is saying you are sorry that people were injured and/or killed an admission of guilt from people who weren't even in the same state? I am so very sorry for all those effected by these shootings. My heart breaks because I can put myself into their shoes; the mother who lost a child, a sibling who lost a best friend, or losing my other half. I also can't imagine the horror of a mother whose child commits horrible acts such as this. How could this be the same baby I rocked, the little boy that I read books to and laughed with? How could this be the same young man who sat at my kitchen table and loved my cooking? I know I would be ripped to the core. But I do know that I could say to another hurting human being, I'm sorry.
Feeling better.
